Remote Learning and Distractions
I’m guessing that we’d all be hard-pressed to remember one teacher from our childhood who never said, “No talking in class!” Educators from K to twelve know that learning requires focus and concentration. When distractions arise, learning is compromised. Remove…
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Episode 139: “Cultivating Wisdom” with Brett McCracken
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Brett McCracken (website) @brettmccracken (Twitter) @bwmccracken (Instagram) The Gospel Coalition Books…
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Cell Phone Proximity and Grades
University of Pennsylvania Psychology professor Angela Duckworth has some great advice for parents that comes from the fruit of her research. Duckworth has been studying self-control in teenagers for several decades, and she has found that cell phones are now…
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Writing on Screens vs. Paper
Over the course of the last twenty years, I’ve been especially interested in tracking with youth culture trends that are related to the emergence of a host of new technologies and technological tools. A new study of Japanese college students…
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Smartphone Dangers and Kids
A youth worker friend recently sent me a link to a short video he found online. The video was shot on a security camera focused on a downtown subway stop. A host of passengers stood back from the platform edge…
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Cell Phone Proximity and Grades
University of Pennsylvania Psychology professor Angela Duckworth has some great advice for parents that comes from the fruit of her research. Duckworth has been studying self-control in teenagers for several decades, and she has found that cell phones are now…
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The Social Dilemma
If you haven’t already seen it, I highly recommend that you view “The Social Dilemma”, a documentary that is streaming on Netflix. The film features interviews with a variety of young and brilliant tech insiders who are responsible for the…
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